Wordsearch

Try to find the answers to these general knowledge questions hidden in the wordsearch.

1 What name is given to the final run through before the opening night of a theatre production? (5, 9)

2 What’s the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea? (6) 3 Which Greek goddess is the equivalent of the Roman Venus? (9)

4 Belfast City Airport was renamed in honour of which Northern Irish footballer in 2006? (6, 4) 5 In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, which character could gradually disappear until only its grin remained? (8, 3) 6 Which English social reformer was responsible for the invention of the postage stamp? (7, 4) 7 In 1971, who became the first boxer to defeat Muhammad Ali in a professional bout? (3, 7)

8 Summer Bay is the fictional setting for which long-running Australian soap opera? (4, 3, 4) 9 What objects do deltiologists collect? (9)

10 Who provided guest vocals on the 1993 Take That hit Relight My Fire? (4)

11 Which sport, similar to hurling and hockey, uses a club known as a caman? (6)

12 Which Irish playwright wrote the plays Endgame and Waiting for Godot? (6, 7) 13 Which soft drink was promoted during the 1970s and 1980s with the advertising slogan

‘the totally tropical taste’? (4) 14 A Study of Provincial Life is the subtitle of which George Eliot novel? (11)

15 The dogs Petra and Goldie, and the cat Jason, regularly featured on what long-running children’s television programme? (4, 6) 16 What is the Latin name for Wales? (7) 17 By what name was the infamous pirate Edward Teach more commonly known? (10) 18 Which German composer wrote the four operas collectively known as the Ring Cycle? (7, 6) 19 Which body part shares its name with a type of bean? (6)

20 The Colorado beetle is a major pest for which type of crop? (6)